The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 139 125 131
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +6
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 55 50 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.355% 1.379% 1.064%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.705% 5.086% 4.015%
Number of salaries quoted 52 50 42
Average salary £34,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.67% +3.33%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £35,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +14.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1169 983 1046
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.81% 27.11% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1050 803 934
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £50,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Social Media
North West

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Social Media across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Manchester Social Media Jobs Demand Trend

Social Media
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Social Media across the Manchester region.

Manchester Social Media Salary Trend

Social Media
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Social Media across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Social Media Salary Histogram

Social Media
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Stockport -3 8 £25,000 -2.91%
Salford +5 3 £30,000 +33.33%
Altrincham -7 3 £21,500 -10.41%
Bolton - 1 £32,000 -
Bury - 1 £35,000 -
Cheadle - 1 - -
Oldham - 1 £35,000 -
Rochdale - 1 £35,000 -
Social Media
North West

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Social Media also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Social Media.

1 56 (56.00%) Marketing
2 54 (54.00%) SEO
3 37 (37.00%) HTML
4 32 (32.00%) CSS
4 32 (32.00%) Google
5 30 (30.00%) Pay per click
6 28 (28.00%) Analytics
7 23 (23.00%) JavaScript
7 23 (23.00%) Degree
8 20 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
8 20 (20.00%) .NET
8 20 (20.00%) Publishing
9 19 (19.00%) ASP.NET
9 19 (19.00%) Google Analytics
10 16 (16.00%) jQuery
11 15 (15.00%) Business Development
11 15 (15.00%) Finance
11 15 (15.00%) Competitor Analysis
12 14 (14.00%) Web Analytics
12 14 (14.00%) Copywriting
13 13 (13.00%) Online Marketing
13 13 (13.00%) CMS
14 12 (12.00%) MS PowerPoint
15 11 (11.00%) Web Development
15 11 (11.00%) Web Design
15 11 (11.00%) E-Commerce
15 11 (11.00%) PHP
15 11 (11.00%) Mobile App
16 10 (10.00%) Email Marketing
16 10 (10.00%) Waterfall

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Social Media also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Social Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (37.00%) HTML
2 32 (32.00%) CSS
3 20 (20.00%) .NET
4 19 (19.00%) ASP.NET
5 16 (16.00%) jQuery
6 10 (10.00%) XHTML
7 9 (9.000%) Web Services
7 9 (9.000%) Ajax
8 8 (8.000%) .NET Framework
9 5 (5.000%) ASP
9 5 (5.000%) Google Maps API
9 5 (5.000%) HTML5
9 5 (5.000%) DOM
9 5 (5.000%) Semantic HTML
10 4 (4.000%) Swing
10 4 (4.000%) Hibernate
10 4 (4.000%) XML
10 4 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (4.000%) Razor View Engine
11 3 (3.000%) Castle Windsor
Application Platforms
1 13 (13.00%) CMS
2 7 (7.000%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.000%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (12.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 9 (9.000%) Photoshop
3 8 (8.000%) MS Excel
4 7 (7.000%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (5.000%) MS Office
6 1 (1.000%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 19 (19.00%) Google Analytics
2 4 (4.000%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.000%) Internet
2 4 (4.000%) Intranet
3 3 (3.000%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.000%) MySQL
3 3 (3.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.000%) SQLite
5 1 (1.000%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 9 (9.000%) Dreamweaver
2 5 (5.000%) Visual Studio
2 5 (5.000%) Git (software)
3 4 (4.000%) Maven
4 3 (3.000%) Selenium
4 3 (3.000%) NUnit
4 3 (3.000%) Rhino Mocks
4 3 (3.000%) Cucumber
5 2 (2.000%) Subversion
5 2 (2.000%) Eclipse
5 2 (2.000%) Xcode
General
1 56 (56.00%) Marketing
2 20 (20.00%) Publishing
3 15 (15.00%) Finance
4 8 (8.000%) Retail
5 5 (5.000%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.000%) Advertising
7 2 (2.000%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.000%) Military
8 1 (1.000%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 26 (26.00%) Developer
2 13 (13.00%) Web Developer
2 13 (13.00%) PPC Specialist
2 13 (13.00%) PPC Manager
2 13 (13.00%) PPC Analyst
2 13 (13.00%) PPC Executive
3 12 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 11 (11.00%) Senior Manager
4 11 (11.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 11 (11.00%) Web Manager
4 11 (11.00%) Digital Project Manager
5 10 (10.00%) SEO Executive
5 10 (10.00%) Senior Digital Project Manager
5 10 (10.00%) Web Project Manager
6 9 (9.000%) Designer
6 9 (9.000%) SEO Manager
7 8 (8.000%) E-Commerce Manager
8 7 (7.000%) Web Designer
8 7 (7.000%) Front-End Developer
9 6 (6.000%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.00%) Copywriting
2 11 (11.00%) Mobile App
3 8 (8.000%) Blog
4 6 (6.000%) iPhone
5 5 (5.000%) FMCG
5 5 (5.000%) Digital Media
6 4 (4.000%) iPad
7 3 (3.000%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.000%) Podcast
7 3 (3.000%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.000%) Graphic Design
9 1 (1.000%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.000%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.000%) Social Network
9 1 (1.000%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.000%) Android
2 2 (2.000%) Windows
2 2 (2.000%) Linux
2 2 (2.000%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.000%) UNIX
3 1 (1.000%) Windows Mobile
3 1 (1.000%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (54.00%) SEO
2 30 (30.00%) Pay per click
3 28 (28.00%) Analytics
4 20 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
5 15 (15.00%) Competitor Analysis
5 15 (15.00%) Business Development
6 14 (14.00%) Web Analytics
7 13 (13.00%) Online Marketing
8 11 (11.00%) Web Design
8 11 (11.00%) Web Development
8 11 (11.00%) E-Commerce
9 10 (10.00%) CRM
9 10 (10.00%) Email Marketing
9 10 (10.00%) Waterfall
9 10 (10.00%) Change Control
10 9 (9.000%) MVC
11 8 (8.000%) B2B
12 6 (6.000%) Project Management
13 5 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (5.000%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.00%) JavaScript
2 11 (11.00%) PHP
3 10 (10.00%) C#
3 10 (10.00%) Java
4 9 (9.000%) SQL
5 6 (6.000%) C
6 3 (3.000%) VB
7 2 (2.000%) Perl
7 2 (2.000%) Objective-C
8 1 (1.000%) PHP5
8 1 (1.000%) ActionScript 3.0
8 1 (1.000%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.000%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 23 (23.00%) Degree
2 5 (5.000%) MCP
2 5 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.000%) QA
Vendors
1 32 (32.00%) Google
2 9 (9.000%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.000%) Yahoo!
3 6 (6.000%) ClickTale
3 6 (6.000%) Facebook
3 6 (6.000%) Twitter
4 5 (5.000%) Adobe
5 1 (1.000%) Oracle
5 1 (1.000%) Eloqua
Manchester, North West
Our client is seeking a SEO Analyst / Copywriter to Maintain and develop client SEO campaigns. You will provide regular site structure reports with strategic insights and recommendations.
Hudson
Posted: 1 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
A unique, market leading IT products distributor based in Manchester, currently has an urgent requirement for a tenacious and proactive individual to fill this integral role as an: *...
Clearchoice Careers
Salary: £25k - 30k per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Integrate HTML, CSS and JS into CMS templates with editable regions and settings. We use Wordpress and Zend - but the ability to adapt to new PHP CMS backends...
Reason Digital
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum depending upon experience.
Posted: 27 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will: be collaborating with a Projects and Communications Co-ordinator, the Directors and teams of developers to deliver projects for a range of clients; act as first...
Reason Digital
Salary: From £26,000 to £30,000 per annum depending upon experience.
Posted: 27 April 2013
Manchester, North West
Award winning social media and mobile technology client in South Manchester are looking to increase their highly skilled development team by adding a PHP Developer.Due to rapid...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Manchester, North West
ASP.NET Back End Web Developer. Our successful client based in Manchester is currently looking for a skilled Back End (ASP.NET) Web Developer. We are looking for...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ASP.NET Back End Web Developer. Our successful client based in Manchester is currently looking for a skilled Back End (ASP.NET) Web Developer. We are looking for...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stockport, North West
My client are a small boutique software company based in the North West that provide modern customer service solutions to a number of house hold names including Thomas...
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent competitive package
Posted: 30 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will already be very hands on in working with HTML and Adobe Creative Suite along with liaising with clients and pitching for new business for...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
You will be required to write, copy, edit and proof read all web content to ensure quality and work with my client's incumbent SEO company to ensure...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Good understanding of CMS platforms and email marketing. Solid knowledge of SEO and PPC. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Powerpoint. Working knowledge of social media and Google...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013